Saudi Pro League: Al Khaleej vs Al-Wehda – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Saudi Pro League game between Al Khaleej and Al-Wehda who meet up this coming Friday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Despite a rather curious form recently, Al Khaleej have a good opportunity to be victorious in round 25 of the Saudi Pro League season. They meet Al-Wehda on Friday at the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, where they hope to frustrate the visitors.

Ranked as number 11 in the Saudi Pro League standings, Al Khaleej, have so far collected 30 points this season, while Al-Wehda collected 17 points. This puts them up as number 18 after 24 rounds.

Team form: Al Khaleej vs Al-Wehda

Al Khaleej Form

Al Khaleej have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Al Ittihad, they recorded a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Al Kholood, who ran out 2-1 winners. Lately, they recorded another draw in a 2-2 match with Al Ahli. Al Khaleej just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Saudi Pro League matches at the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded eight goals.

Al-Wehda Form

Al-Wehda collected a single win and a draw in their past three outings, in which they were first defeated 0-2 against Al Nassr FC. They followed up, drawing 0-0 with Al-Fayha, before winning 3-1 against Al-Raed. Al-Wehda claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Saudi Pro League. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 11 goals to five.

Betting facts for Al Khaleej and Al-Wehda

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Al Khaleej and Al-Wehda. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Al Khaleej vs Al-Wehda

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for Al Khaleej, Abdullah Al Salem has been good for them over the course of the season with ten goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Al-Wehda, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator this coming Friday, depending on your betting strategy.

Popular betting markets: Al Khaleej vs Al-Wehda

Full-time result

Al Khaleej claimed four wins, drew two and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Al-Wehda won one, drew two and lost seven of their last 10 games away.

Both teams to score

Al Khaleej scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Interestingly, Al-Wehda scored the opening goal of the match in just one of their last ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Al Khaleej managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Al-Wehda kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Al Khaleej have scored in 8 consecutive league meetings with Al-Wehda.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Al Khaleej, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Al-Wehda, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 0.9 times goals per game themselves.